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Professor Fred Long reflects on the final weeks of his sabbatical in Mesa, Arizona. After more than 30 years in academia, sabbatical provides a rare chance to slow down, work on meaningful projects, and spend time with family.

In this episode, Fred shares highlights from the past 10–11 weeks: finishing major writing projects, helping publish several books, developing new courses, launching the 1 Corinthians series with Dr. T. Michael W. Halcomb, and even unexpected conversations about faith in an online gaming community.

He also reflects on caring for his mother during this season, the everyday work that fills academic life, and a powerful biblical insight about widows and justice in the teachings of Jesus.

As his time in Arizona comes to a close, Fred looks ahead to returning home to Kentucky—with fishing season just beginning.

Watch for a thoughtful look at the real life of a sabbatical: work, family, Scripture, and reflection.

📚 Topics in this episode:

- Mesa sabbatical reflections

- Academic projects and book publishing

- Teaching and course planning

- Faith conversations in unexpected places

- Caring for family

- The widow’s mite in context

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In this episode of the ProveText Podcast, Dr. T. Michael W. Halcomb sits down with Christian author, speaker, and podcaster Melinda Patrick to talk about one of the most difficult journeys a parent can face: loving an LGBTQ-identified child without compromising biblical truth.

Melinda shares her deeply personal story—what it felt like when her child first opened up, the grief and fear that followed, and the hard lessons she learned about surrender, humility, and trusting God’s work in both her child’s heart and her own.

In this conversation, we discuss:

• The emotional rollercoaster parents experience (anger, fear, shame, isolation)

• What Melinda wishes she had said in the first moment

• Why trying to “fix” your child can damage trust

• How surrendering control changed everything

• What loving without compromising truth actually looks like day-to-day

• Whether Christians should attend same-sex weddings

• How pastors and churches can better care for parents sitting silently in the pews

• Practical ways friends can support families walking this road

• Why humility—not argument—must be the Christian posture

• How God transformed Melinda’s heart toward the LGBTQ community

This episode isn’t about culture wars—it’s about real families, real grief, and real hope in Christ. Whether you’re a parent, pastor, ministry leader, or friend walking alongside someone in this tension, this conversation offers wisdom, compassion, and clarity.

Melinda’s resources:

🌐 Visit Melinda’s Website: https://melindapatrick.org/

📖 Buy Melinda’s Book: https://melindapatrick.org/the-daring-rescue/

🎙️ The Bridge Between Us Podcast: https://melindapatrick.org/the-bridge-between-us/

🤝 Visit the Restored Hope Network: https://www.restoredhopenetwork.org/

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In this episode of the ProveText Podcast, Dr. T. Michael W. Halcomb responds to a viral video claiming that people who leave the church haven’t lost their faith — they’ve simply left behind hate, hypocrisy, and harmful institutions. Is that true?

As both a pastor and a biblical scholar, Dr. Halcomb offers a careful, pastoral, and analytical response. He examines several logical fallacies in the argument — including hasty generalization, false dichotomy, equivocation, cherry-picking, and the “No True Scotsman” fallacy — and addresses deeper theological questions:

- Can you have Jesus without the Church?

- Does faith mean uncertainty?

- Is doubt a necessary ingredient of real faith?

- Has the Church been “centuries of evil”?

While acknowledging real church hurt and abuse, this episode challenges the idea that emotional pain should drive theological conclusions.

Faith in the New Testament (πίστις) is more than intellectual assent — it is allegiance, conviction, and embodied trust.

Watch, think carefully, and join the conversation below.

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In this episode of Sabbatical Insider, Dr. Fred Long shares the real ups and downs of sabbatical life—unexpected busy work, ongoing academic responsibilities, and even surprising reflections sparked by playing online games.

From accreditation reports and recommendation letters to editing scholarly publications and calculating royalties for GlossaHouse, sabbatical often includes far more behind-the-scenes work than people realize.

Dr. Long also reflects on what online gaming communities reveal about human nature, belonging, justice, and cooperation, and how Christians might thoughtfully engage even in unexpected spaces.In this episode:

• The hidden administrative work behind academic life

• Busy work that continues during sabbatical

• Reflections on online games and human behavior

• Progress on GlossaHouse publishing projects

• Work on new courses and commentary for the Global Methodist Church

• Editing scholarly publications and journal work

Dr. Long also shares an idea for a new app aimed at connecting people around a meaningful activity and community. If you are an app developer or know someone who is, feel free to reach out—he would love to explore the possibility of bringing this idea to life.

Sabbatical can be refreshing—but it also reveals the realities of scholarship, creative work, and vocational calling.

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In this episode of The Corinth Conversations, Dr. T. Michael W. Halcomb and Dr. Fredrick J. Long walk word by word through 1 Corinthians 1:2.What does Paul mean by “the church of God in Corinth”? Why emphasize that they are sanctified and called holy? And what did it mean to confess that Jesus is Lord in a Roman imperial city?

This single verse is loaded — ecclesiology, identity, unity, and a claim that carried serious weight in the first century.

Slow down with us as we unpack it carefully.

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In this Bible Scholar Reacts episode, Dr. T. Michael W. Halcomb responds to a viral video claiming that Paul never commands husbands to lead their wives and that the Greek word kephale (“head”) only means “source,” not authority.Is that linguistically accurate?

Dr. Halcomb affirms what’s right in the argument — but also explains where the Greek is being stretched beyond what the evidence can support. Looking at Ephesians 5, the Septuagint, Judges 11:11, Isaiah 7:8, and Colossians 2:10, this episode explores how context determines meaning — and why absolute linguistic claims can be dangerous.Paul doesn’t destroy the metaphor of headship. He transforms it.

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In this episode of Sabbatical Insider, Dr. Fredrick J. Long reflects on editing a devotional on freedom, holding a bootleg copy of The Last Silver Snail, and wrestling with research on Philippians 2 and 1 Thessalonians 4.

Are “heavenly, earthly, and under the earth” beings really people—or gods? Is Paul describing a cosmic battle at Christ’s return? And what does ancient rhetoric have to do with “comfort one another”?

Join the journey inside sabbatical life—writing pressure, argument structure, cosmic geography, and recovering ancient cultural logic.

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In this episode of the ProveText Podcast, Dr. T. Michael W. Halcomb sits down with Dr. Robert Plummer (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Daily Dose of Greek) for an honest, lighthearted, behind-the-scenes conversation about studying and teaching Greek. This isn’t a technical lecture. It’s two Greek professors pulling back the curtain.

We talk about:

• What we believed about Greek early on — and what we’ve changed

• Mistakes we’ve made (and lessons learned)

• The myth that Greek is a “trump card” in interpretation

• Word study fallacies and overconfident claims

• Social media theology and bad Greek takes

• Greek “apostasy” — and how to keep your language alive

• Scholarly confidence vs. interpretive humilityPlus: rapid-fire questions, favorite Greek words, and a lot of laughter along the way.

If you’re a pastor, student, scholar, or someone trying to keep your Greek from fading, this conversation will both encourage and challenge you.

Learn more about Dr. Plummer and Daily Dose of Greek: https://dailydoseofgreek.com

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The ancient world assumed that good was limited—honor, wealth, land, blessing. If someone gained, someone else must have lost. That assumption shaped how people heard Jesus.In this episode of Cultural Keys, Dr. T. Michael W. Halcomb explores the ancient “limited good” mindset and shows how it helps explain:

- Why generosity felt unfair

- Why Jesus’ parables provoked anger

- Why fear—not economics—was really at stake

Jesus wasn’t just comforting the poor. He was dismantling a scarcity-driven worldview and revealing what trust in God actually looks like. Once you stop believing God’s good is scarce, everything changes.

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Dr. Fredrick J. Long shares an honest update from sabbatical life — including “nil” writing progress, the pressure of productivity, and the challenge of balancing kingdom work with measurable output.

In this episode, he reflects on writing a devotional on freedom (and why 400 words wasn’t enough), ongoing GlossaHouse publishing projects, committee work, financial responsibilities, and meaningful conversations about Greek, Romans 2, and spiritual warfare.

A candid look at the real tensions behind academic sabbatical life — progress, pressure, and faithfulness.

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